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Caesar of the Antarctic

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April 2006, no. 280

High Wire by Adrian Caesar

Pandanus, $19.80 pb, 102 pp

Caesar of the Antarctic

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April 2006, no. 280

Having taught literary studies at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Adrian Caesar is perhaps better placed than most to understand the troubled relationship between power and culture, order and creativity. ‘All Cock Red’, one of the poems in Caesar’s fourth book of poems, High Wire, attends to such a context:

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David McCooey

David McCooey is a prize-winning poet, critic, and editor. His latest collection of poems is The Book of Falling, published by Upswell Publishing (2023). His first collection, Blister Pack (2005), won the Mary Gilmore Award and was shortlisted for four major national literary awards. He is a professor of literature and writing at Deakin University in Geelong, where he lives. His website is: www.davidmccooey.com

High Wire

High Wire

by Adrian Caesar

Pandanus, $19.80 pb, 102 pp

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